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{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name               = Nydri
|name_local         = Νυδρί
|type = community
|image_skyline      = Nydri, Lefkada, Greece, September 2008.jpg
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|periphunit         = [[Lefkada (regional unit)|Lefkada]]
|population_as_of   = 2021
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'''Nydri''' ({{langx|el|Νυδρί}}) is a town and a community on the eastern coast of the island of [[Lefkada]], [[Greece]]. It is part of the municipal unit [[Ellomenos]]. The community includes the small village Rachi. The [[Greek National Road 42]] ([[Vasiliki, Lefkada|Vasiliki]] - [[Lefkada (city)]] - [[Amfilochia]]) passes through the town. Nydri is a popular tourist town. In the sea in front of Nydri are several small islands including [[Madouri]], [[Skorpios]], Skorpidi and [[Sparti (island)|Sparti]]. The island Skorpios is the property of the [[Dmitry Rybolovlev|Ribolovlev]] family.
The [[Germany|German]] archaeologist [[Wilhelm Dörpfeld]], having examined the geographical descriptions of [[Homer]] in the [[Iliad]] and the [[Odyssey]] believed  that Lefkada was [[Homer's Ithaca]], and that the palace of [[Odysseus]] was located west of Nydri on the south coast of Lefkada. He performed extensive excavations at Nydri and uncovered [[Mycenaean civilization|Mycenaean]] tombs, walls, ruins and artefacts which supported his hypothesis. Dörpfeld spent the last years of his life at Nydri and he is buried there.
==Population==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Village population !! Community population
|-
| 1961 || 694 || -
|-
| 1991 || 692 || -
|-
| 2001 || 1,248 || 1,394
|-
| 2011 || 971 || 1,218
|-
| 2021 || 1,110 || 1,402
|}
[[File:Nydri main street.JPG|thumb|Nydri main street]]
[[File:Nidri panorama2.jpg|thumb|Panorama of Nydri]]
[[File:Nydri port.jpg|thumb|Nydri port]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/doerpfeld1927bd2/0064/image?sid=fcf216d51bfa1ce778d308c6ebc0fcb8 Photo of Nydri, early in the 20th century], by Wilhelm Dörpfeld. Digital library of [[Heidelberg University]].
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[[Category:Populated places in Lefkada (regional unit)]]
[[Category:Mediterranean port cities and towns in Greece]]